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# A tibble: 6 × 119
pitch_type game_date release_speed release_pos_x release_pos_z player_name
<chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <chr>
1 SI 2024-06-07 94 0.35 5.74 Pillar, Kevin
2 ST 2024-06-07 85.1 -2.08 5.67 Santana, Carl…
3 SI 2024-06-07 95.1 3.5 5.49 Bote, David
4 SI 2024-06-07 93 -2.99 5.49 Walker, Chris…
5 CH 2024-06-07 87.6 3.5 5.55 Swanson, Dans…
6 CU 2024-06-07 82.9 -2.08 5.46 Duvall, Adam
# ℹ 113 more variables: batter <int>, pitcher <int>, events <chr>,
# description <chr>, spin_dir <lgl>, spin_rate_deprecated <lgl>,
# break_angle_deprecated <lgl>, break_length_deprecated <lgl>, zone <int>,
# des <chr>, game_type <chr>, stand <chr>, p_throws <chr>, home_team <chr>,
# away_team <chr>, type <chr>, hit_location <int>, bb_type <chr>,
# balls <int>, strikes <int>, game_year <int>, pfx_x <dbl>, pfx_z <dbl>,
# plate_x <dbl>, plate_z <dbl>, on_3b <int>, on_2b <int>, on_1b <int>, …
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